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Defend Truth

Jeff Rudin

Jeff Rudin works at the Alternative Information & Development Centre (AIDC)

Latest Work

How South Africa’s poor continue paying for the privileges of the rich

TRANSFORMATION OP-ED

24 June 2025

How South Africa’s poor continue paying for the privileges of the rich

3 min

21

What colonialism hides and the selected class interests it serves (Part 2)

COLONIALISM AND DECOLONISATION OP-ED

5 June 2025

What colonialism hides and the selected class interests it serves (Part 2)

9 min

2

Focusing on our formal colonial past obscures the inconvenient present (Part 1)

COLONIALISM AND DECOLONISATION OP-ED

4 June 2025

Focusing on our formal colonial past obscures the inconvenient present (Part 1)

10 min

2

Understanding South African inequality as a precondition for transformation

TRANSFORMATION OP-ED

Understanding South African inequality as a precondition for transformation

11 min

2

Jeff Rudin

28 March 2025

Justifying exclusivity in the name of inclusivity (Part 2) – our modern Greek tragedy

10 min

8

The exclusivity of inclusive growth (Part 1) — to those that hath shall always be given

FISCAL FICTIONS OP-ED

27 March 2025

The exclusivity of inclusive growth (Part 1) — to those that hath shall always be given

9 min

2

How the longevity of absurd economic theories shortens the lives of untold millions

FOOD INSECURITY OP-ED

9 February 2025

How the longevity of absurd economic theories shortens the lives of untold millions

12 min

21

The South African Communist Party takes itself by surprise (Part Two)

SA POLITICS OP-ED

21 January 2025

The South African Communist Party takes itself by surprise (Part Two)

12 min

5

Decoding the SACP's independence: the historical context for its 2026 election strategy (Part One)

SA POLITICS OP-ED

20 January 2025

Decoding the SACP's independence: the historical context for its 2026 election strategy (Part One)

8 min

5

Burying neoliberalism before climate change buries the whole of humanity (Part 3)

SELECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OP-ED

24 October 2024

Burying neoliberalism before climate change buries the whole of humanity (Part 3)

10 min

6

The (mostly) unacknowledged commitment of public teachers and health workers (Part 2)

SELECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OP-ED

23 October 2024

The (mostly) unacknowledged commitment of public teachers and health workers (Part 2)

7 min

1

The rationality of public sector pay — simultaneously too high and not high enough (Part 1)

SELECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OP-ED

22 October 2024

The rationality of public sector pay — simultaneously too high and not high enough (Part 1)

8 min

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